The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-04-14
The Alleged Panhandle
Thieves, Their Doodle,
Their Fences"
Preparations for Prosecution
Ahd Ai>o Arrangements lor
IhCir Defense on Foot.
u i ilintCd That in some tn
stances the Arrests are In>tuu-
e al OilIcial Nnlicc.


Ihc pau nndIcIhicNcs.
81 LorIs. April l3..-rAu statement
Is l1adc mere that the evidence OF the
guilt OF the parties arrested tor com
pLtlN III the wholesale plumber in
the Panhandle road was dcveloped
iroW the government bonded car
which hsd been broken open with
chiscI and the tool had been lett be-
hind which told the story with ini-
lials "P. 81. l.. ~ G." stamped upon
1t. These iuitials indicated that the
tool belonged TO the pittsburg. 81.
Louis and Chicago railway and the
tool chest from whence II came was
easily found and the crew of that train
were spotted. The goods were con
signed to :. G. Davis ~ Co., aud the
simmons Hardware company of this
city. The depredators, in taking
several guns consigned to the batter
firm, matched the numbers on the
barrels and stocks. which is ample
evidence of their not having been
hurried, aud showing further that
they knew either stock OF barrel
would be useless without the num-
bcrs which matched. From these
clews followed u Systematic shadow
ing Ol the rascals aud tho unesrtmng
of the whole gang.
THE SYNDICATE OF ROBBERS,
PmsBURG, April 49, the accom-
plice. OF the railway thieves are re
sorting to threats To- intimidaic the
Panhandle road officials. Among
the etters land on superintendent
TaylCr's desk this morning was one
tromDcnison containing the follow
ing threatening mlssivc: "DOu't
mAkcAny moic arrests damn you. or
we vii cut your damn wires, aud do
il ~ often a- we please, YOU can't get
IL sit. you had brtter lot matters
drop" superintendent Taylor thinks
he rccogulIe, the hAnG writing ana
themtn suspected wlll bc spotted.
He Is still in the COMPANY r employ
This letter would indicate that the
thieves have no' AL been captured
and hat the gang was wcll organized.
The police are -till working quietly
on the case aud some startling dcvcl.
upmcnts are promised, but Of what
nature can not be surmircd. Iwo
moro arrests were maie shortly after
midnight John l}arth and G.. w.
h'lNANhs VI lhN'llNif ~ hlil'NcNA w wv Al'A
pliCatcd in the rUbOCrIcs were sur.
prlsed ut their homes. liarth was
discharged from the l'nnhandle n
short time ago and has since been
working on the Baltimore aud Ohio.
several tickets aud some new hand
kerchicfs, ii is said, were found on the
persons of the prisoners. a number
OF tho accused who have been inter
viewed assert their innocence aud give
plausible explanations tor the goods
found III their possession. Detective
Coulbon, OF the city police, left tlis
morning TO arrest several men
VINO had been in the employ
OF the company, but had left before
the exposure. These men, II is claim
ed, are known 10 be among the most
prominent aud reckless on the Pau.
handle road. They are now in the
employ of the Pennsylvania railroad,
the Fort WaNnc. Lake Erie and the
Baltimore and ohio. 1t is asserted
that these men went TO the other lines
to organize crews, This coincidc-
with the view OF systcmHtic robbery,
| he probability thAt the rObDorlcs
have extended to Fort w; nc and
Cleveland and rlttsburg Is based on
the fact that these roads parallel each
other Tor II considerable distance, ana
at the naturally close relations which
would exist among men engaged ON
them. There is admittedly lees ground
tor such probability III casc
OF the fcnn-yiyAnla railroad, As spec
ial Agent Rue has said repeatedly
that there IL no stealing on that line
and still less probability of IL on the
Lake Erie on account OF its short line,
smaller number of traius, and coDse-
quently the difficulty OF escaping de-
lection. superintendent TavlOr In
speaking OF the arrests stated to-day
that there were in tho state large
number of tram men on the IltIsburg
division on whom dld not rest the
slightest suspicion. For these the
company has the kiudcst feelings. lie
saiu there were eighty Through
freights between 'itt-burg aud Col
umbus. On this number thirty five
were west of Deuuison and were not
under -urYcI Icancc, OF the
remaining tOrty.llVe crews employing
$50 men, sixty were arrested, aud this
,ctt about l2U men between Plttsburg
and Denn'son, ne sAd, who were not
under suspicion and were -,ill work
ing. Counsel tor the prisoners have
not yet determined upon plan Oh
defense, but say they are waiting tor
the result OF the hearing on Monday.
The cases against the prisoners will
then be Gisclosed aud thu. let the
men know what they are expected to
meet. There is In Fort Wayne an at
:orney for the railroad who Is
instructed to push the cases
so they can be heard by the present
grandjury ana thus Sc